Assistant Buyer

Annsummers.com; Tandridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion retailer is seeking an ambitious Assistant Buyer to join their Buying team, primarily working on lingerie and women's fashion categories. The role involves developing supplier relationships, negotiating costs, and leading a team while maintaining a commercial focus. Ideal candidates will have experience in similar roles, strong attention to detail, and a passion for the brand's values of empowerment and inclusion. This position offers excellent benefits, including holiday perks and staff discounts.

Benefits

50% staff discount

29 days holidays including bank holidays

Birthday off

Workplace pension

Colleague social activities

Free onsite car park

Qualifications

• Previous experience as an Assistant Buyer or Senior BAA.
• Experience in lingerie, swimwear, loungewear, or women’s fashion.
• Ability to coach and mentor junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Building relationships with suppliers for an effective supply base.
• Negotiating costings with suppliers to maximize margin.
• Contributing to the development of critical paths and maintaining updates.
• Leading a team and providing guidance and feedback.
• Evaluating customer lifestyle and trends to enhance experience.
• Reacting to competition and identifying opportunities for the brand.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Coaching and mentoring

Dynamic approach

Affinity with brand values

Job description

Assistant Buyer

Based at our Head Office in Whyteleafe 2-3 days a week - just 15 minutes outside of Croydon and easily commutable from London. We also offer flexi core hours as an extra bonus!

We have benefits worth getting excited about… from our 50% staff discount and colleague social events to a paid day off for your Birthday, and that's just to name a few!

We’re on the hunt for an ambitious and dedicated Assistant Buyer to join our Buying team, working on one of our largest and highest profile categories!

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our gorgeous collections, and will be making a substantial commercial impact. We’re looking for someone who is confident in their capability, an amazing communicator who can juggle multiple priorities, and able to manage relationships effortlessly (internally and externally).

But most importantly…you will be passionate about the Ann Summers brand and our mission - female empowerment!

We’re a unique brand that strives to EMPOWER, lives to PUSH BOUNDARIES, gets kicks off MAKING IT HAPPEN and is ALWAYS INCLUSIVE!

A bit about the role…

• Building strong and beneficial relationships with suppliers, creating an effective and balanced supply base.
• Working with key suppliers to obtain costings, negotiating creatively to maximise margin, understand key supplier strengths and weaknesses.
• Contributing to the development and review of the critical path ensuring the BAA keeps it up to date and issues are highlighted.
• Working to build the range with the team to deliver products that our customers will love...and will buy!
• Leading, developing and motivating a BAA - giving them the guidance and tools to thrive in their role, and confidently providing feedback where needed to help them improve
• Evaluating customer lifestyle and choices and be aware of current trends, whilst delivering a strong and engaging customer experience, taking feedback and seeking to improve.
• Showing commercial awareness, reacting to the competition, and identifying further opportunities for the department and brand.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has previous experience as an Assistant Buyer or Senior BAA, ideally working with lingerie, swimwear, loungewear or women’s fashion.
• Is commercial - knows their customer, the market and what it takes to build a profitable collection!
• Has great attention to detail, is organised and results focused.
• Is able to coach and mentor junior team members.
• Has a 'hands on' and dynamic approach, to achieving results
• Loves our brand, and has a genuine affinity with our values

At Ann Summers we are proud to continue embracing inclusion, diversity, and equality in our every day, supporting our people to be themselves. We are committed to building teams with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and views.

What’s in it for you?

Being part of the AS family offers some fab benefits, not only is it a great brand to be a part of, but not only will enjoy 50% staff discount, but so much more, take a look…

• 29 days Holidays including Bank Holidays, with an additional day's holiday for every year you are part of AS.
• Your Birthday off
• Workplace pension
• Company perks scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Retail Trust – wellbeing programme
• Colleague social activities
• Access to our internal L&D platform - Thrive
• Free onsite car park at HO
• Season ticket loan

We value each one of our colleagues and aim to make Ann Summers a great place to be!

We regret that due to high volumes we are unable to acknowledge every application. All successful candidates will be contacted as soon as possible to discuss the role and their experience further.

Ann Summers complies with all GDPR policies and by responding to this ad your details will be kept on record for a total of 6 months unless expressed otherwise.